Ryan claims 95 percent railroad stock watered
In grand jury testimony Thomas F. Ryan alleges that about 95 percent of railroad stock nationwide is watered with little intrinsic value. He argues railroad finances show extensive use of proceeds for road building and that Metropolitan Railway plans rely on merging other companies.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Metropolitan Traction
United States
Ryan
Metropolitan Railway
Metropolitan Rail Stocks Expose Watered Capital Says Ryan
Grand jury testimony from banker Thomas F. Ryan reveals that about 95 percent of railroad stock nationwide is water, with little cash paid in and bonds funding much of the capital. He cites Union Pacific and Atchison as examples and notes land grants and reorganization effects.
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Ryan
Jerome
Grand Jury
St. Paul
Northwestern
Omaha
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railway
Atchison
No Arrests Yet in Sexton Hotel Robbery
No arrests have been made in the theft of 1000 dollars in bills and 3500 dollars in jewels from Mrs. Henry Kolker at the Sexton hotel Wednesday night after a Shubert theater performance. Mr. Kolker and Mrs. Kolker left their dining room handbag behind and it was later missing. a waiter is also reported missing.
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Henry Kolker
Sexton Hotel
U S and Mexican Trust to Expand Trade Ties in Mexico City Visit
The United States and Mexican Trust Company announces a new commercial department in Mexico City. A representative will visit Kansas City in two weeks to explore expanding trade relations between Mexico and the United States.
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United States
Mexican ‘Trust Company
Mexico
United States and Mexican Trust Company
City of
Kansas City
Wallace Love Qualifies for Public Works Board
Wallace Love, a new member of the board of public works, qualified this morning with a $10,000 personal bond. Sureties listed include William Huttig, Willis Wood, and John M. Byrne.
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Wallace Love
Board of Public Works
William Huttig
Willis Wood
John M. Byrne
Ahern Pushes Motorcycle Squad for Police Work
Chief Daniel Ahern proposes a motorcycle squad to enforce motor vehicle laws and speed calls. The police board has studied machines and Elliott H. Jones discusses a substitute ordinance with Alderman Havens. Citizens report reckless driving and several fines precede a council decision.
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Daniel Ahern
Board of Police Commissioners
Elliott H. Jones
Jones
J. D. Havens
Havens
Automobile Club
Harry G. Kyle
Missing Plungius son Hunt seeks his alleged mother in Kansas City
F C Hunt of Galena Kansas a consulting engineer left town last Tuesday night to identify a woman detained at a general hospital and claim she is his mother The patient denies being Mrs Hunt and doctors note signs of paresis Hunt has not contacted the hospital or the police custody holder Colonel J C Greenman nor his Galena landlord W O Parks who says Hunt planned to help the woman if she is his mother
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F. C. Hunt
Galena
Kas
the General Hospital
Hunt
Kansas City
J. C. Greenman
W. O. Parks
Banks
Old Depot Redevelopment Signals Longer Rail Stay
Work at the Union depot shows the rails being realigned with three new tracks planned on land from the CB&Q yards. The depot is being surveyed and measured with plans to rebuild the annex burned last winter in brick and steel, replacing a temporary wood frame.
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Union Depot
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Boy 16 Confesses Attacks on Telephon Operators
Elmer Puckett claims he is 15 and lives at 538 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City Kansas. In a written confession to Police Chief Bowden he admits attacking telephone operators in recent nights and names Katie Burns of 934 Armstrong Avenue as a victim on the night of March 3.
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Elmer Puckett
Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City
Kas
Chief Bowden
Puckett
Katie Burns
Armstrong Avenue
GRIPEIN TO QUIT MONDAY QUICKLY STEP TOWERING CITY STREETS
Thomas Pendergast, new superintendent of streets, will qualify next Monday and take charge Tuesday. He brings prior experience and will not be a new man in the post. Griffin and the successor plan a joint city inspection tour to review street department property and equipment.
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Thomas Pendergast
W. E. Griffin
Hypocrite Claim Hurts Divorce Suit After 30 Years
Harvey H. James sues Eleanor James for divorce in Wyandotte county district court after thirty years of marriage. He cites her refusal to mend his clothes and says she ridicules him and calls him hypocrite when he attends prayer meetings.
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Harvey H. James
Eleanor James
Wyandotte
James
Mediation claim dominates $100,000 alienation suit
Edward J. Richards accuses John C. Humes of alienating Richards's wife as Mrs Richards denounces the charges as false. Divorce petition filed in Independence circuit court follows the suit. Humes and Mrs Humes deny wrongdoing and defend the friendship with Richards.
Kentucky Bank Robbery by Masked Bandits
Four masked men seized the Cumberland Telephone exchange in Banpawa and beat the operator into unconsciousness. They forced Assistant Cashier B. H. Hang to open the Ballard County Bank of Bandana safe, escaping with a large sum.
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Banpawa
Cumberland Telephone Exchange
B. H. Hang
Ballard County Bank of Bandana
Ex President Grover Cleveland Improving At Lakewood
Physicians in Lakewood report Grover Cleveland convalescing from gout and stomach trouble is better today. They see no alarming signs and expect him to return home to Princeton in a few days.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
Princeton
Beer Licenses Sought in Electric Forest and Fairmount Parks
County court heard applications for park liquor licenses in Electric Forest and Fairmount parks. G E Morton, J D Tippett, and W F Smith are named applicants. Applications on file ten days before court action. if granted the police board will be petitioned.
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Electric
Forest
Fairmount Parks
Electric Park
G. E. Morton
J. D. Tippett
Forest Park
W. F. Smith
Fairmount
Police Board
Powers Sign Prach Protocol and Baltic Sea Treaty
The Berlin signing ties Germany Denmark Sweden to a North Sea accord with Britain and France absent. A Baltic Sea declaration mirrors the North Sea text with Germany Russia Denmark Sweden as signatories. ratifications due by December 31.
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Brrtx
Germany
Denmar
France
Great Britain
Netherlands
Sweden
North Sea
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Russia
Denmark
From Jail to Murder Trial in Kansas City Case
Wyandotte County prosecuting attorney learns from Governor Folk that Charles Smith will be sent to Kansas City Kansas for trial for the Sternberg murder. Smith will be paroled from Missouri until trial. if convicted Folk will pardon, if not Smith returns to Missouri for a four year assault sentence. Sternbergs were killed in their store on December 14 1907. Smith confessed while Arthur Strang denies involvement.
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Joseph Taggart
Wyandotte County
Folk
Charles Smith
L. D. Sternberg
Kansas City
Kas
Smith
Missouri
Kansas
Fannie Sternberg
North Fourth Street
Kansas Ciy
Arthur Strang
Strang
Wyansdotte County
Bootblack a Classic Student in Alton Barber Shop
Auton Int April 24 Thomas Ka lends a bootblack in an Alton barber shop whose perfect speech attracted Dr. D. G. Ray a classical professor at Shurtleff college. The 18 year old Greek high school graduate studies ancient and modern Greek and is appointed critic of the Greek class. He spends half a day weekly instructing Greek students in accent and pronunciation in exchange for English lessons.
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Auton
Thomas Kalends
Alton
D. G. Ray
Shurtleff College
Athens
Greece
America
Fugitive Broker Hopkins Sought. Indicted for Embezzlement
Wallace H. Hopkins head of the bankrupt Wallace H. Hopkins & Co. fled last night toward Canada after valicing a grand jury indicted him for embezzling 5000 dollars from customer Henry Eder. He was reported to have left from Caicaso on the Michigan Central Railroad with a young woman.
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Caicaso
Wallace H. Hopkins
Wallace H. Hopkins & Co
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit
Canada
Hopkins
Henry Eder
Hopkins Concern
Mrs Stanley Among DAR Vice Presidents General Elected
Washington reports the April election filled ten DAR vice presidents general slots. Winners include Mrs. W. F. Stanley of Kansas and Mrs. D. W. Bushnell of Iowa. Fourteen candidates competed and one notable loser was Mrs. Ira H. Evans of Texas. Administration forces secured eight seats.
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Washington
the Daughters of the American Revolution
W. FE
Stanley
Kansas
D. W. Bushnell
Towa
Ira H
Evans
Texas
Meyer Portrait Statue Design Accepted by Committee
Daniel Chester French's design for A. R. Meyer's portrait statue was approved unanimously this morning. French pledged to spend the summer completing the statue and have it ready for dedication next May. site selection remains undecided.
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Daniel Chester French
A. R. Meyer
French
Duke de Chaulnes Dies in Paris Bed
The Duke de Chaulnes and Theodore Shonts’s daughter Theodora found him lifeless in their Langham Hotel Paris suite. Death due to embolism, mystery over place of death, inquest opened. The duchess shocked, Shonts family notified, wife to sail Paris soon.
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Theodore P. Shonts
Paris
Duke de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Railway Company
Langham
Boccader
Duc of
Chaulnes
Paris Death Of Duke De Chaulnes Sudden Inquest
In Paris the Duke de Chaulnes dies suddenly while relatives say the family is abroad in the country. An inquest finds death natural by embolism. A police permit of interment is issued as the duke’s family remains in residence at Hotel Langham awaiting their private home completion. The same dispatch notes Theodore P Shorts of New York learns of the death via cable.
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Paris
Duchess d'Uzes
Langham
New York
Theodore P. Shorts
Duke Des Chaulnes
Theodora
Trapeze Rope Breaks Injures Adele Reno at Barnum show
Adele Reno a trapeze performer with Barnum and Bailey in Brooklyn was thrown to the ring after a rope on one side of her trapeze snapped during a matinee. She struck her head and shoulders, was carried to a hospital tent, and was in critical condition with non recovery of consciousness early today. Reno performing with her husband Adolph Bigar on a double trapeze when the rope parted just as she reached the lower trapeze.
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New York
Adele Reno
Barnum & Bailey's Circus
Brooklyn
Reno
Mme
Adoph Bigar
Bigar
Gates Wins Big at FarO in Rawhide South Nevada
Arno Nevada April 24 Charles G Gates won 29000 in under thirty minutes at a faro table in Rawhide after arriving at the mining boom town. Richard who owns the house dealt the cards and took the house limit. Gates started near 100000 in the red, wagering five thousand at a time and splitting bets. He and Easter capitalists are in Rawhide to take options on the coalition property with rich leases in the district.
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Arno
Nev
Charles G. Gates
Faro
Rawhide
Richard
Gates
Coalition
Dynamite Placed on Tracks In Pirrspuri Misfire
An unknown group set dynamite on Missouri Pacific rails in Pirrspuri Kas at the northeast end of town. A switch engine between Pirrspuri and Cornell detonated the blast as it moved slowly, tearing ground beside the track but causing no injuries or major damage. Police pursue leads.
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Pirrspuri
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Here
Cornell
Taft Plans May Trip to Panama for Official Business
Secretary Taft is preparing for another trip to the Canal Zone in May. If a ship is specially detailed he can reach Panama and return in twelve days to two weeks, returning shortly before the Republican national convention. The business on the isthmus is official.
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Washinerton
Taft
Panama
Death of Eben H. Bourne Bank President at 68
Eben H. Bourne president of the Union National bank died today from paralysis after a brief illness. He was 68 years old and had served as president of the bank previously led by Senator M. A. Hanna who also headed the bank at the time of Bourne’s death.
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Hanna
Curverano
Eben H. Bourne
Union National Bank
M. A. Hanna
Toledo Defeats Blues 7 to 4 In Second Game
Toledo wins the second game of the series against the Blues 7 to 4 at Tolxpo Ohio on April 24. Kitson allowed 13 hits for the Blues while Steen held the Madhens to three. Toledo scored in the second and fifth innings to take control, with Crisp contributing behind the plate for the visitors.
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Tolxpo
Toledo
Blues
Kitson
Steen
Madhens
Crisp
Missouri board weighs class freight rates reduction
The Missouri board of railroad commissioners directed the secretary to compile a comparative study of class freight rates in Missouri and other states with the aim of reducing Missouri rates if found higher. Final action on coal rate cuts was postponed to the next meeting. Hearings issued for Hosier gate station closure and Frisco line inspections at Chadwick and Currant River branches. May 6.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Board of Railroad Commissioners
Missouri
Eater
Hosier Gate
Talnada »Oo
Ilimo
Scott @unty
Frisco
Chadwick
Springfield
Mayor Crittenden Says He Will Become A Kansas Cityan
At a noon City club luncheon Mayor T. T. Crittenden Jr announced after the city government is organized he will resign as a Democrat to become a Kansas Cityan He intends to act as a city builder and open his cabinet to suggestions from all quarters with emphasis on pune men and City club members Scarritt and Thornton Cooke discussed the new charter while R L Gregory missed the event due to a board of public works meeting.
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T. T. Crittenden, Jr
City Club
Kansas
Pune
Kansas City
Wo Scarritt
Thornton Cooke
R. L. Gregory
Board of Public Works
James B. Carnes Dies Aged 62 In Missouri
James B. Carnes livestock agent for the Rock Island dies in Trenton Missouri at age 62 after a long career in rail and state politics. He was a close friend of M. A. Low of Topeka and a Republican loyal to statewide affairs. He leaves a widow and several grown sons and daughters.
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Trenton
James B. Carnes
Rock Island
Missouri
Pooner
M. A. Low
Topeka
Beveridge Mentioned for Republican Convention Chair
Senator Beveridge is discussed as a candidate for temporary chairman of the Republican national convention in Chicago. The chosen chair would likely deliver the keynote address outlining campaign goals and party stance.
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Washington
Chicago
Senator Beveridge
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Plungeius
F.C. Hunt
Galena, Kas
Kansas City, Kas
Gripein
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H. H. James
Humes
Europe
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Ginger Club
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Humes Crockery Company
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Bootblack
An Alton
H. Hopkins
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Meyer
Memorial Committee
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Duc de
Galitzin
d’Uzes
Bertrand
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Shonts de Chaulnes
Theodore Shonts
John W. Gates
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Master of Craft
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Forero
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Hyperion II
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Zienap
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Hall
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American Association
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R.H.E
Saing
Boston
Missouri Railway Board
Kgosas
City Hall
Beveridge
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